La Garçonne (1936 film)
| La Garçonne | |
|---|---|
 Marie Bell in La Garçonne (1936) | |
| Directed by | Jean de Limur |
| Written by | Albert Dieudonné (scriptwriter) |
| Based on | La Garçonne by Victor Margueritte |
| Starring | Marie Bell |
| Cinematography | Roger Hubert Charlie Bauer |
| Edited by | Jean Oser |
| Music by | Jean Wiener (including the music for Quand même, sung by Édith Piaf, lyrics by Louis Poterat) |
| Distributed by | Franco London Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
La Garçonne (The Bachelor Girl or The Flapper) is a 1936 French black-and-white film adaptation of the
Plot
The eponymous garçonne or
It was advanced, as an idea. Victor Margueritte, the author of the novel, took a major part in the production process. I played Marie Bell, in the film. One of the last times we saw each other, shortly before her death, we recalled this memory. "I played you in La Garçonne", I said to her, "and luckily this was not real life, otherwise you would have cost me dearly!" It has to be said of Marie that she was not cheap to keep! And how we laughed!...The film was a success thanks to the scandal it provoked. Seeing "bonnes femmes" (respectable women) as flappers, smoking opium...Seeing female homosexuals, in that era!" [1]
Cast
- Marie Bell : Monique Lerbier
- Arletty : Niquette
- Henri Rollan : Régis Boisselot
- Maurice Escande : Lucien Vigneret
- Jaque Catelain : Georges Blanchet
- Pierre Etchepare : Plombino
- Philippe Hersent : Peer Rys
- Jean Worms : Monsieur Lerbier
- Marcelle Praince : Madame Lerbier
- Vanda Gréville : Élisabeth
- Suzy Solidor : Anika
- Édith Piaf : the chanteuse
- Jean Tissier : Monsieur des Souzaies
- Marcelle Géniat : Aunt Sylvestre
- Junie Astor
- Jane Marken
Crew
- Director : Jean de Limur
- Writers: Albert Dieudonné after the novel of the same name by Victor Margueritte (Éditions Flammarion, 1922)
- Adaptation : Marion Fort
- Dialogue : Jacques Natanson
- Music : Jean Wiener
- Song : Quand même, sung by Édith Piaf, lyrics by Louis Poterat, music by Jean Wiener[2][3]
- Cinematography: Roger Hubert, Charlie Bauer
- Sound engineers : Robert Tesseire
- Design : Lucien Aguettand
- Editing: Jean Oser
Production details
- Production company : Franco London Films (France)
- Principal photography : Began in December 1935
- Format : Black-and-white — 35 mm
References
- ISBN 2-906284-86-6.
- YouTube
- ^ The lyrics give some idea of the film's atmosphere:
- Mes sens inapaisés,
- Cherchant pour se griser,
- L'aventure des nuits louches,
- Apportez-moi du nouveau.
- Le désir crispe ma bouche.
- La volupté brûle ma peau…
External links
- La Garçonne at IMDb
